I Civics - Marbury v. Madison

1. What was William Marbury asking the Supreme Court to order James Madison to do?
   

• 1. Remove a Federalist judge from office
     

• 1. Deliver his commission as justice of the peace
     

• Rewrite the Judiciary Act of 1801
  

• 1. Declare the Presidency invalid

1. Who, according to the video, established the principle that allows courts to decide if laws conflict with the Constitution?
   

• 1. Thomas Jefferson
     

• 1. James Madison
     

• 1. Chief Justice John Marshall
     

• 1. William Marbury

Why were the commissions not delivered to Marbury and the others?

• The commissions were never signed.
  

• Thomas Jefferson ordered them kept secret.
  

• They were prepared but not sent before President Adams left office.
  

• The judges refused to accept them.

Who, according to the document, refused to deliver the commissions?

• A. John Adams
  

• William Marbury

• The Supreme Court
  

• James Madison, as Secretary of State

What legal question (issue) did Marbury v. Madison raise for the Supreme Court?

• Whether the Supreme Court could hear more types of cases than the Constitution allows

• Whether Marbury was a U.S. citizen

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  Whether state courts had authority over federal judges

• Whether Congress could impeach a president

Even though the Court found Marbury had a right to his commission, why did they not order it delivered?

• Marbury had already been appointed to a different position.
  

• The Court said it did not have the constitutional power to issue the writ.
  

• The President refused to obey the Court’s order.
  

• Congress passed a new law cancelling the commissions.

What important power did Marbury v. Madison establish for the Supreme Court?

• The power to declare war
  

• The power to veto presidential actions

  
  

• The power to appoint justices
  

• The power of judicial review

Judicial review allows the judicial branch to do which of the following?

• Create taxes

• Write new laws for Congress to pass

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  Interpret the Constitution and stop actions that violate it
  

• Elect the President
  

How did the decision in Marbury v. Madison affect the balance of power among the branches of government?

• It helped make the judicial branch equal in power to the other branches.

• It made the judicial branch the weakest branch.

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  It made the executive branch completely in control

• It removed power from the legislative branch only.
  

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